Alumni
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James R. McHenry III, JD/MA ’03, appointed director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review
McHenry's appointment was announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He has served as acting director of the office since May 30. Read MoreJan. 12, 2018
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Paul Ney, JD/MBA ’84, nominated as counsel to U.S. Department of Defense
Ney currently serves as chief deputy attorney general in the Tennessee Attorney General's Office. Read MoreJan. 11, 2018
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Thomas Parker ’89 confirmed to seat on the Western District of Tennessee
Judge Parker was confirmed by a unanimous Senate vote. He has a reputation "as one of Memphis' finest attorneys," said Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander. Read MoreJan. 10, 2018
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J.D./Ph.D. in neuroscience student Chris Sundby receives National Institute of Justice Fellowship
Sundby's $50,000 NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics will support his research project, "The Neuroscience of Evidentiary Rules: The Case of the Present Sense Impression." Read MoreDec. 6, 2017
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Samar Ali ’06 (BS’03) appointed to World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2017
Ali is an international counsel at Bass Berry Sims in Nashville. Read MoreNov. 20, 2017
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Samiyyah Ali ’16 will clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in 2018
Ali is currently serving as a law clerk for Judge Sri Srinivasan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit after clerking for Judge Amul Thapar on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in 2016-17. Read MoreNov. 17, 2017
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Justin Tanner ’05 speaks as part of Princeton’s Woke Wednesday podcast series
Tanner, who now works in government affairs for Verizon, discussed his experiences working in the Department of Commerce and the Small Business Administration under Obama. Read MoreNov. 8, 2017
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Darby Dickerson ’88 wins 2018 AALS section award for lifetime contributions to legal research writing
Dickerson is Dean of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. She will receive the award Jan. 4 at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego. Read MoreOct. 30, 2017
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Thanks to Reunion 2017 volunteers and party hosts!
James R. McHenry III, JD/MA ’03, has been appointed director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review at the Department of Justice. McHenry has served as the acting director of EOIR since May 30, 2017. EOIR was created in 1983 through an internal department reorganization which combined the Board of… Read MoreOct. 23, 2017
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Jeff Grantham ’89 named managing shareholder of Maynard Cooper & Gale
Grantham has been a litigation attorney at the firm for almost 30 years. He will supervise the firm's operations. Read MoreOct. 18, 2017